Imaginary philosopher Richard Riemenschneider once said, "People who begin articles with Nietzsche quotes are the worst."

Let's agree to meet somewhere in the middle. And with that, let's look back at the best of Kotaku Melodic this year.

The idea of doing discrete Kotaku "Programming Blocks" was an interesting one: By focusing on specific areas of expertise, individual writers could build up blocks of content that stood apart from the general flow of stories on our site. It worked for some beats more than others, but on the whole I've been really happy with how Kotaku Melodic came together.

From critical essays to retrospectives to features to interviews to Carly Rae Jepson fan-mail, we shared all sorts of writing about the worlds of music, video games, and beyond. I hope you had as much fun as we did.

A look at how video games offer a fantastic new way to make a living composing music. More »

Non Game-Related Stuff

In addition to video game music, we also covered a fair bit of non-game-related music. When there was something that needed to be said, sometimes it got said here. And when there were harp-playing blonde twins that needed to be recognized, that happened too.

And that's that. Thanks for reading, and for bearing with us as we explored the wild and wonderful world of music. I hope you'll stick around next year, and if there's some musical something or other you'd like to see us talk about more, shoot me an email with "Melodic" in the subject or let me know in the comments.

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I'll leave you with a final thought from Mr. Albus Dumbledore:

"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"